After Feng Yu watched the second game, he flew to Seattle. This time I came here not only to inspect the companies here, but also for a very important matter, which was to bring the rich back to the country.
When he got up in the morning, Feng Yu was wearing sportswear and took the wealthy man out for a walk. The local tyrant was obviously very happy when he saw Feng Yu coming back. He lay at the door of Feng Yu's room early in the morning, waiting for Feng Yu to take him out.
When Feng Yu took the wealthy man for a leisurely walk in the community, there were as usual some "passerby" bodyguards hidden behind and left. In the past few years, many residents in the community have changed.
For example, two basketball stars in Seattle once went to other teams, so the house was resold. The real estate industry in the United States has also become relatively developed in recent years, so their houses have also made money.
Just as he was returning, Feng Yu seemed to see an acquaintance. The man was stunned for a moment when he saw Feng Yu, and then walked over quickly to say hello: "Mr. Feng, you are back."
Feng Yu nodded: "Uh~~ Who are you?" Feng Yu just looked familiar, but he didn't remember who this person was.
The other party was a little embarrassed: "Mr. Feng, you have bought Amazon stocks from me before." When he said this, the other party's tone was a bit resentful.
From the initial point of view, the price given by Feng Yu was definitely very high, and he was very satisfied when he sold it.
But who would have thought that Amazon would develop so well, much better than what Jeff Bezos had described to them before.
At the time, a small company like Amazon was still engaged in the emerging online commerce. It could not follow the trend and make money in the stock market because it was not listed on the market. After selling it to Feng Yu, he invested the money in the stock market.
In the beginning, Internet technology companies really made a lot of money. His net worth also skyrocketed at that time, and he once thought that he had made a very wise decision by selling his shares in Amazon, because Amazon was still losing money at that time.
But soon, the dot-com bubble came and his stocks lost a lot of money. Although he cut off his wrist in time, allowing him to fish out his capital, his net worth shrank by nine-tenths.
In the next two or three years, the U.S. economy has not been very good, and the stock market has been fluctuating and falling, but Amazon has bucked the trend and made profits at this time.
When the Internet company suffered a total loss, the company Amazon made a profit, which made him regret it a little.
However, considering that Amazon's profitability was not particularly high, he did not pay too much attention to it and invested the funds in other industries. Although he did not make a lot of money, he still made good profits.
However, in the past few years, Amazon's profit scale has increased dramatically. In 2002, the annual profit was less than 10 million U.S. dollars, but in 2003, the annual profit soared to 100 million U.S. dollars, and in 2004 it became Four hundred million dollars.
Then Amazon went public for financing and expanded to most countries and regions around the world. Not only did the company's market value soar to tens of billions of dollars, but its net profit last year exceeded one billion dollars!
And this year, in the first quarter alone, Amazon’s profits exceeded US$400 million. It is said that there has been growth in the second quarter, and the full-year profit is expected to exceed US$800 million.
It’s pure profit!
If he had not sold his Amazon shares, but had accepted dilution like Bezos and continued to work at Amazon, his shares would have been worth hundreds of millions of dollars by now, not counting the dividends Amazon gives to shareholders. Woolen cloth!
The money he initially took to invest has not yet earned even ten million US dollars. Only then did he feel deeply regretful and couldn't sleep several times at night.
His wife kept scolding him because of this incident, which led to frequent quarrels between the two and eventually they divorced. Not only did he divide a considerable amount of property to his wife, he also had to pay child support.
Fortunately, his own small company is running well, which gives him some comfort.
When he saw Feng Yu today, he couldn't help but come over and say hello. He even hopes, if possible, to return to the Amazon.
As before, it is impossible to become one of the top ten shareholders of Amazon, but he believes that with his own abilities, he is still qualified to become a senior executive. This also earns him stock rewards, allowing him to sleep well at night.
When Feng Yu heard what the other party said, he knocked his head... Still couldn't remember the other party's name.
Feng Yu met these people several times at first, and later he always asked Ralph to be responsible for the acquisition, so Feng Yu had an impression of him, but not a deep one.
Feng Yu pretended to remember: "Oh, it's you. From the look of you, it seems that your life is pretty good. You are going out to work, so I won't disturb you."
"Mr. Feng, I am Santos, Sigma Santos. When Mr. Feng comes back this time, are you going to the Amazon?"
Feng Yu also saw that Santos had something to say. Thinking that he could have become a rich man, but now it seems that he is just living a good life, Feng Yu decided to listen to what happened to him.
Of course, Feng Yu would not apologize for this. Feng Yu did not use any illegal means to invest in the business. The stocks were all bought with real money.
When I first bought Amazon stock, the amount of money spent was not a small amount at the time, and the premium was so much.
"I'm going to visit the Amazon today, what do you want?"
"Mr. Feng, it's like this. I also run a company, but compared with Amazon, it can't be any smaller. When Bezos founded Amazon, I was very supportive. And I am in the company's In terms of management, I also have good experience.”
"I wonder if Amazon can give me a chance, or Mr. Feng can give me a chance to return to work at Amazon." Santos looked at Feng Yu expectantly.
"Don't worry, rich man. You'll be home soon." Feng Yu comforted the rich man who was anxious to go home, and then looked at Santos: "I don't care about Amazon matters. I leave all specific matters to Bezos. Theirs. You come to convince me, why not try to convince Bezos. I have something else to do, so I’ll leave first.”
Santos watched Feng Yu leave with a disappointed look on his face. Why didn't he try to persuade Bezos, but Bezos was very angry about his original betrayal and didn't want to talk to him at all.
It seems that there is no hope for him to return to the Amazon in this life. He should just run his own real estate agency honestly. Now that the real estate industry is so good, he can still make a lot of money.
If Feng Yu knew that Santos was engaged in real estate, he would definitely give him some suggestions, such as considering changing careers next year.
It's a pity that Santos didn't say anything, so Feng Yu naturally wouldn't ask. Santos didn't know that he missed a good opportunity again, and this time, his career suffered an even heavier blow!
… (To be continued.)